On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 7:50 PM, limodou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:28 AM, limodou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:55 PM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 5:21 AM, limodou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ulipad rev 447
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What does Search -> Smart Navigation -> Clear Files do?  The help
>>>>>>> string says, "Clears buffered files", which I guessed meant to wipe
>>>>>>> out any unsaved changes to an open file. But upon testing, I find this
>>>>>>> isn't the case.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, what does Clear Files mean? And how is it connected to Smart 
>>>>>>> Navigation?
>>>>>
>>>>>> It should be clear buffered filenames, but not the real files.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ah, it clears the lists under both the left and right yellow arrows on
>>>>> the tool bar.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe the menu item "Clear Files" should read "Clear Filenames"?
>>>>>
>>>>> Could this be the help string? "Clears the filenames listed under both
>>>>> the left and right yellow arrows on the tool bar"
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, it would be very handy to have a key-binding for this, IMO.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dick
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It seems too tedious, so I changed it to "Clears buffered filenames."
>>>
>>> Then I have to ask what the point of having help strings is. "Clears
>>> buffered filenames" may now be correct; however, surely the point of
>>> changing the help strings is not to just make them correct, but also
>>> to make them useful to the user. How is someone supposed to guess from
>>> "Clears buffered filenames" that the filenames are those filenames
>>> listed under the yellow arrows on the tool bar?
>>>
>>> I think that we are wasting our time with these help strings if we are
>>> not concerned mainly with making them of use to the user.
>>>
>>> What do others think about this?
>>>
>>> Dick
>>>
>>
>> But what you said is just to explain the position but not the
>> function, if you want to say it more clearly, I think :
>>
>> "Clears the buffered filenames used in Smart Navigation" maybe better.
>
> Yes, I think you're right, but is Smart Navigation explained anywhere?
> I had no idea what it was until several months ago, even though I was
> using it because Ulipad forces me to. (Frankly, sometimes I wish I
> could shut it off..)
>
> Dick
>

Ulipad will not force you use it. You can just omit it.

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